Chaitanya "Chet" Kanojia, founder and CEO of Aereo Inc., enters the roof of a data center where Aereo has antennas that receive television signals, which are converted into a video signal and streamed over the Internet. less

Chaitanya "Chet" Kanojia, founder and CEO of Aereo Inc., enters the roof of a data center where Aereo has antennas that receive television signals, which are converted into a video signal and streamed over the ... more

The cabinets, which are easy to add to Aereo's platform atop its data centers for expansion, are connected by 10-gigabit fiber-optic cables to servers inside the data center.

The cabinets, which are easy to add to Aereo's platform atop its data centers for expansion, are connected by 10-gigabit fiber-optic cables to servers inside the data center.

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Kanojia says the back side of the cabinets have coverings that are "invisible" to TV signals. The data center location - which is kept secret - was picked partly because it gets good TV signals from area stations. less

Kanojia says the back side of the cabinets have coverings that are "invisible" to TV signals. The data center location - which is kept secret - was picked partly because it gets good TV signals from area ... more

Photo: Johnny Hanson, Houston Chronicle

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Aereo's server area in the data center is in a small cage. The servers receive the MP2 signal and transcode it into MP4 video.

Aereo's server area in the data center is in a small cage. The servers receive the MP2 signal and transcode it into MP4 video.

Photo: Johnny Hanson, Houston Chronicle

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The MP4 video is then stored on 3-terabyte hard drives with separate partitions for each customer.

The MP4 video is then stored on 3-terabyte hard drives with separate partitions for each customer.